LibriVox Audiobook vs Librivox
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
LibriVox Audiobook
Access over 7000 human-read audiobooks from the LibriVox database. Enjoy synchronized audio and text for reading along, or listen hands-free with full headset control. Browse by your favorite narrators and experience a sophisticated book reader for text-based reading.
- 7000+ human-read audiobooks
- Synchronized audio and text
- Browse by narrator
- Headset remote control
- Sophisticated text reader
- Offline listening
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Live, with last-minute updates, from LibriVox database. 7000+ human-read audiobooks. Free! No other apps have more Librivox audio books, and no other apps have more accurate information on librivox audio books. Read-along: Audio and Text are synchronized. You can read, listen, or read-Along, and switch between them at will. Have Favorite Readers? Browse by reader's name. Find all books narrated by your favorite readers. Relax to enjoy a story: Full remote control through headset. Finish an entire book with your device safely in your pocket. In the mood to read a bit? Text is presented by a sophisticated book reader: beautiful presentation, graceful page turning.
Librivox
Access a vast library of public domain e-books and audiobooks from Librivox and Project Gutenberg. Explore over 10,000 audiobooks and 50,000 written books in multiple languages, including classics and popular titles.
- Public domain e-books
- Public domain audiobooks
- 10,000+ audiobooks
- 50,000+ written books
- Multiple languages
- Classic literature
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Librivoxer app is a collection of largest public domain e-book and audiobooks from Librivox and Project Gutenberg. This app contains more than 10.000 audiobooks and more than 50.000 written books in different languages such as Chinese, Danish, Dutch, English, Esperanto, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Latin, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Tagalog. With this application you will be able to reach world's greatest literature from your device. Top 50 e-books: 1- Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen 2- Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll 3- The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman 4- A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens 5- The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle 6- Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley 7 -The Bayeux Tapestry Elucidated by John Collingwood Bruce 8- Why Men Fight by Bertrand Russell 9- Dracula by Bram Stoker 10- The Young Train Dispatcher by Burton Egbert Stevenson Top Audio Books: 1- Pride and Prejudice 2- Jane Eyre 3- Persuasion 4- Anne of Green Gables 5- Emma 6- Little Women 7- The Count of Monte Cristo 8- Mansfield Park 9- The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 10- Wuthering Heights Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.webronsoftware.co.uk/mobile-apps/librivox-ebooks-audiobooks/privacy-policy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: LibriVox Audiobook at none against Librivox's shown. Librivox's advantage is rating (4.4 vs 3.9) and review sentiment (53% vs 30%). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. LibriVox Audiobook sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Librivox sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Librivox holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Librivox has 242 ratings behind it against 23, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 30% of LibriVox Audiobook's written reviews are positive against 53% of Librivox's.
LibriVox Audiobook ships an update every 2 months, Librivox every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | LibriVox Audiobook | Librivox |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (23 ratings) | 4.4 (242 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 29.6% of reviews | 53.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 23 | 242 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 42 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | himalaya-soft | Webron Software LTD |
Customer experience
LibriVox Audiobook
Librivox
Bugs and requests
LibriVox Audiobook
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Librivox
Reported bugs
9 issues- Ads are annoying and hard to dismiss
- Paid membership not granting access to titles
- Cannot sort or search effectively
- Audiobook language cannot be changed
- Buffering issues
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- Search function is broken
- Books listed in large squares, not alphabetical
- Books don't appear
- App indicates empty library with no way to add books
Requested features
6 requests- Ability to search by author
- Ability to sort by author/reader
- Ability to search by genre
- Bookmark feature
- Clearer instructions on accessing library
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- Full Librivox volume access
In-app purchases
LibriVox Audiobook
- A Tale of Two CitiesFree
- FrankensteinFree
- SiddharthaFree
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- The Swiss Family RobinsonFree
- SheFree
- A Doll s HouseFree
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame$0.99
- The River War$0.99
- The Count of Monte Cristo$1.99
- Unlimited Listening$3.99
Librivox
- Monthly Subscription$4.991 Month
- Weekly Subscription$6.997 Days
- Yearly Subscription$39.991 Year
- Premium$49.99
- Lifetime Premium$49.99
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